About 40 authors have gotten together to do an internet book tour. (mostly children's books) The first and third weeks of each month the authors will feature another authors book, bio, buying info, and interview questions. Some of these authors may b
Read more…Hi all I'm getting a lot of donated fiction that I don't know. Without reading it cover to cover there's no way of knowing about contentious content. I'm considering dividing my fiction into 3 age groups (yr7-9; yr10-11; yr12-13) as we've had parent
Read more…I am a graduate student doing my field experience. My site supervisor asked if I would set up the new biographies in the display case. Any creative ideas for what I could use to decorate along with the books? Thanks, Loren
Read more…Hi all I've inherited a fictional catastrophe - none of my F section has subject headings! My NF is pretty sparse too. I don't want to re-catalogue the whole collection by hand and I don't have a subscription with any service. Doing some type of bulk
Read more…I'm looking for ways to search within flickr for kid safe images. I know you can use a Yahoo or Google advanced search and set your options to safe search. Does anyone else have any tricks up their sleeve?
Read more…I'm very excited to be part of a virtual book tour which is slated to launch this November. Each week I'll be featuring a different author on my blog. http://educationtipster.blogspot.com You can add comments or questions that I can ask the author. I
Read more…Has anyone used an open source program to keep track of their periodical subscriptions and routing? How about off-line programs? We had a magazine-manager-type program, but when we switched electronic catalog vendors this summer, we lost our access t
Read more…Hi there from the Pretoria in South Africa! I am manager of the Thutong education portal and one of my tasks is to write articles for the Teacher newspaper - previous articles can be found in the ICT space on the portal http://www.thutong.org.za. The
Read more…This is my first year at the middle school level. Today some students came in during their study period and asked if they could go on club penguin. Any advice?
Read more…I've been a middle/high school librarian for 3 years now, and have come up with good, effective, interactive ways to teach quite a few things. However, I have yet to figure out a good way to teach the concept of what databases are...how they are diff
Read more…I read a really positive review back this past winter about trailfire, which is something that leaves a sort of "trail" in regard to web pages on related topics. But now I've actually looked at it, and I'm wondering--is it worth it? Is it really that
Read more…I am a new LMS in a K-5 elementary school. I am looking for ways to assess student learning in the media center. I want to document that my program is deepening student's learning. I would love to hear what others are doing to document this in their
Read more…I just read this old HIT on LMNET and it got me thinking. http://www.eduref.org/plweb-cgi/fastweb?getdoc+listservs+LM_NET-1999+16490+9+wAAA+overdue What if I didn't limit checkout of books for my K-4 students? I really agree with the philosophy her
Read more…I am an elementary school teacher/librarian and I am needing an idea for a book to buy that is about overcoming challenges. A colleague is retiring and she teaches resource and we want to dedicate a book to her for the library. Any suggestions? Thank
Read more…Hi guys, I am a student in Spain who just completed his cursos first certificate Madrid to certify that I can use the English language on a strong enough level to work in a business, it's great because a lot of multi-national companies seem to look f
Read more…The AASL Learning Standards Indicators and Assessment Task Force has completed the second draft of Standards for the 21st Century Learner in Action. You are invited to review and critique it at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslproftools/sta
Read more…Hi All, I have recently taken on being the NHS sponsor at my high school. I'm looking for tips & suggestions! What works, what doesn't work. What you'd recommend, etc. Thanks!
Read more…Hi All, I'm working in a fairly new high school, and would like to create a library scholarship. Just wondering how your program works. What are the student criteria. How much are you able to raise, etc?
Read more…Hey! It's almost time for the school year to start, and this is my first year as librarian at the 5th-8th grade middle school. I'm excited but nervous at the same time... Every teacher is required to start their classes (each class period is 45 minu
Read more…I am on our school graduation project committee and we are seeking ideas as we revise what is currently in place. Who oversees this project in your school? When is a student required to present their project (ours is currently done junior year)? Are
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